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To: Gauguin who wrote (53353)	7/13/2000 7:00:03 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I just got back from our new supermarket. It was opening grandly, as promised, except that the sign we had driven by all winter said- Grand Opening-- Spring 2000. They were making a Grand Late Opening. Everyone was there. Luckily I had dressed and put on make-up for the event. Have you noticed how every Grand Opening has to go one better than the last store that opened? The first thing I noticed was that they had THREE sizes of carts: Daddycart, Mommycart, and Babycart. The Babycart has a tall plastic flag on a stick flying from it- I guess so you don't accidentally run over the small person pushing it; which is good- as it would probably be either a kid or a midget you hit, either of which would make you feel more guilty than if you ran over a full-size person who happened to be kneeling in the aisle. The flag says Tom Thumb, which struck me as incredibly funny and clever until I remembered that that's the name of the store. I was a little uncertain about the purpose for the Mommycart, and I was too embarrassed to ask. I thought maybe it's an alternative to the LIttle Red Riding Hood baskets, but that's silly. If I have to push a cart, why not just push a Daddycart? Why do I need a Mommycart? What does it matter if you don't fill a Daddycart? Then I thought it might be sex discrimination- maybe I HAD to take the MOmmycart. And only men could use the Daddycarts. Or were they discriminating against little people like me--Like I can't push a big Daddycart? HUh. Bring it on! I took a Mommycart though, not wanting to have a confrontation on my first visit and because I really didn't have anything to buy; I just wanted to look. I think that's what a lot of people were doing because no one looked very focused. There were a lot of people just yakking in the aisles, or stopped in the middle studying the little maps they gave you. It was hard not to get stuff though. All the food is so NEW! You just know it has to be fresh- they only opened yesterday. ANd the shelves are very neat-- just BEGGING you to take something out and screw up their perfection. So I bought some spaghettios. As soon as I removed the can, a person in a red shirt ran over and filled in the hole. So I took another. He filled in the hole, glaring at me. This went on for a while. Then I went to the cat food and he followed me. He had me pegged as a troublemaker. You know the food doesn't look real when it's this new. It makes me nervous when I can see my reflection in the green peppers. I think they used lemon oil on them or something. Their prices were high, too- but that's understandable- they had to pay for the lemon oil and all those little flags on the carts. I spent 26.07 on a can of spaghettios, cat food and some blueberries.